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Georgia Integrates Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs with EHRs Statewide

by Fred Pennic 05/21/2019 Leave a Comment

Partners HealthCare Integrates MassPAT with Epic EHR to Curb Opioid Abuse

Appriss Health announced that Georgia is integrating its prescription drug monitoring programs into EHR systems of all prescribers across the state with Appriss Health’s PMP Gateway solution. This is being made possible by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant – so all prescribers can instantly access prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) information directly in the clinical workflow.Substance use disorder (SUD) is estimated to affect 21 million people, according to a report
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Cerner Integrates EHR to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in 46 States

by Jasmine Pennic 05/14/2019 Leave a Comment

Opioid Crisis Survey: Patients Support Prescription Monitoring Programs

As states mandate the physician’s review of prescription drug data, it is increasingly important that they can quickly access critical drug information directly within a person’s electronic health record (EHR). Today, Cerner has announced that it will launch a nationwide connection from the EHR to each state’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), creating quicker and more efficient access through a partnership with medication management provider DrFirst. In partnership with DrFirst,
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1 in 10 Americans Have Offered Unused Opioids to Family and Friends

by Jasmine Pennic 04/22/2019 Leave a Comment

Why The Opioid Epidemic Makes EHRs Essential To Public Health

One in 10 Americans admits they’ve offered or given their unused prescription drugs to a friend or family member for either medical or recreational use, according to findings from a new consumer study conducted by Stericycle, a provider of highly specialized compliance-based healthcare and waste solutions. Despite that, a majority of Americans (75%) believe that people sharing or selling their unused prescriptions, including opioids (e.g., oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine) is contributing to the
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Partners HealthCare Integrates MassPAT with Epic EHR to Curb Opioid Abuse

by Fred Pennic 03/15/2019 Leave a Comment

Partners HealthCare Integrates MassPAT with Epic EHR to Curb Opioid Abuse

Partners HealthCare today has fully integrated the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Prescription Awareness Tool (MassPAT) directly into it's Epic electronic health record (EHR) system. The integration marks Partners as the first healthcare network to have the tool immediately available to clinicians at the point-of-care and demonstrating a significant step forward in the Commonwealth’s efforts to align health care providers across Massachusetts on a common platform to monitor opioid
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Can Optimized EHR Data Help Healthcare Combat the Opioid Epidemic?

by Erica Garvin 03/13/2019 Leave a Comment

Why The Opioid Epidemic Makes EHRs Essential To Public Health

DrFirst’s Nick Barger explains how the EHR data at the right time can prevent opioids from getting into the wrong hands.While the debate on how to combat the infiltration and abuse of illegal narcotics in the U.S. languished for decades, something more sinister and formidable was growing. This new threat was not lurking in the shadows; instead, it was right under the noses and prescription pads of physicians— opioids.The abuse of prescription opioids has now become a national public health
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Optimizing Opioid Management Through Health IT

by Eric Widen, CEO of HBI Solutions, Inc. 02/26/2019 Leave a Comment

Why The Opioid Epidemic Makes EHRs Essential To Public Health

From cancer care and chronic pain management to emergency care, dental care and episodic pain management – the use of opioids have reached a national platform because of its potentially devastating effects.The CDC reports the significance of its rise in the U.S.:- From 1999 to 2017, almost 400,000 people died from an overdose involving an opioid, including prescription and illicit opioids.- Around 68% of the more than 70,200 drug overdose deaths in 2017 involved an opioid.- In 2017, the number
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DrFirst Launches CURES 2.0 Integration Through MEDITECH EHR

by Fred Pennic 02/07/2019 Leave a Comment

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Today, DrFirst unveiled its new integrated solution which enables easy access via MEDITECH EHR to California state databases to red-flag opioid ‘doctor shopping’ and reduce overall drug abuse. This newest initiative in DrFirst’s long-time fight to end the opioid epidemic is point-of-care technology that seamlessly connects MEDITECH’s EHR system and California’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP).Importance of CURES 2.0 integrationThis new CURES 2.0 integration is critical because it
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Imprivata Launches EPCS Support Hub to Support Medicare Part D

by Fred Pennic 12/18/2018 Leave a Comment

Imprivata Launches EPCS Support Hub, EPCS Ready

Imprivata has launched an online resource to help health organizations meet the requirements of a new federal law mandating the use of e-prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS) for all Medicare Part D subscriptions. The support hub, called "EPCS Ready",  includes all the information needed to comply with the new federal law by the January 2021 deadline. It also includes insights & lessons learned from EPCS leaders, including the CMIO of Hartford HealthCare - where EPCS was implemented
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eClinicalWorks Develops Opioid Risk Tool to Assess A Patient’s Risk for Opioid Misuse

by Jasmine Pennic 10/25/2018 Leave a Comment

Why The Opioid Epidemic Makes EHRs Essential To Public Health

Health IT provider eClinicalWorks, announced this week the launch of their new Opioid Risk Tool (ORT), a smart form to assess and address a patient’s risk for opioid misuse and to improve physician adherence to treatment protocols. According to the CDC, more than 11.5 million Americans, aged 12 or older, reported misusing prescription opioids in 2016.eClinicalWorks believes it shares a joint responsibility with its customers toward bringing solutions to patients to combat the opioid epidemic. By
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MEDITECH Integrates Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) Within Expanse EHR

by Jasmine Pennic 08/30/2018 Leave a Comment

MEDITECH Integrates Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) Within Expanse EHR

EHR provider MEDITECH, today announced it is integrating one-tap access to state-regulated electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) that track controlled substance prescriptions, from directly within the MEDITECH Expanse EHR.MEDITECH Expanse EHR Integration DetailsAvailable from DrFirst, the PDMP database link allows prescribers to view controlled substance histories effortlessly from multiple PDMPs simultaneously as allowed by cooperating states, within the EHR prior to
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